This is a continuation
of the previous experiment in which a virus triggered
CA-3 injury. In order
to repair the damage CA-4 transferred
its resources to CA-2. Its structure (receptor)
changed so that the virus could no longer attach to it and trigger the
injury. Also the present proliferon was infected by a virus yet it lacked
enough resources to change CA-2 structure. It applied therefore
a different strategy for damage
repair.
The experiment started
with three synchronous CA smaller than those in the previous one. Their
size was determined by the set point >= 15.
Infection and
injury
Whenever CA-2 reached state 15, five of the left most cells of CA-3
were set to zero (white). Following injury CA-3 changed and attempted
to regain its healthy structure. However whenever CA-2 reached
its state=15, it hit CA-3 again and again. CA-4 was not affected.
Repair
The stem process (CA-1)
continually compares the structures of transitory processes.
When detecting that CA-2 and CA-3 differed, it applied the repair strategy of the previous
experiment . However since the CA were small their resources did
not suffice to change the CA-2 structure and CA-1 applied an alternative
strategy. It drained the CA-3 resources until it became atrophic.
Idle process
CA-4 was idle.
It did not contribute its resources to CA-2 since they would not
suffice to repair the injury. Even the resources of CA-3 together
with CA-4 did not suffice to change CA-2 structure. The stem process
initiated therefore CA-3 atrophy.
Solution
Perturbation poses a threat to the proliferon and it attempts to settle
at a new solution. This can be achieved either by diverting resources
between CA like in the previous experiment , or
making a process atrophic The two strategies enable the proliferon to attain a solution whatever the injury to CA-3.
Optimality
The objective of the present study is to design a proliferon which will attain a solution from any perturbation. In a previous experiment the perturbation was an excessive resource drainage. In the present experiment it is injury. In both instances the proliferon always attains a solution. By making CA-4 idle the proliferon solution was more optimal than if CA-4 would have participated in the repair. This optimizing capacity is called Wisdom of the Body (WOB). However the present solution is less favorable than that of the previous experiment since it does not confer immunity upon the proliferon. The next experiment will come up with a more optimal solution.
Setup
nca=4; restoreparams[k,1,1
{k,1, 4}; If[sa[[no]]
>=15 ,donate[no, no]]; {no, 2, 4}; putinstep1; If[nowdat[[no,
8]] <= 2, newzygote[no]]; injury[3, 2, 15, 15, f[[3, 1]], 5, 0]; If[ sa[[3]]
!= sa[[2]], delon[[2]]
= 0 ;donate[2, 3]; donate[2, 3]];